Skirt-hanging gage.



No. 834,032. PATBNTED o cT. 23, 1906.

A. H. & L. 0. TURNER.F `SKIRT HANGING GAGE.

' APPLIOATION FILED MAYBI, 1906.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

ALBERT H. TURNER AND LOUISE O. TURNER, OF SOUTH EASTON,

\ v MASSACHUSETTS. i

sKmT-HANGlNG GAGE.

speciacation of Letters Patent.

` Application ned May 31,1906. semi No. 319,434.

Patented Oct. 23, 1906.

' parts.

This invention consists in a skirt-hanging gage or device designed for'securing the proper hanging of a womans skirt at an equal distance fromthe floor throughout the entire peripheral edge. The gage is adapted tohang any skirt at any 'given distance from the floor from a fraction ofan inch up to a distance sufficient for the short skirt of a child andstill vmay be taken apart readily and packed in a very small space. Itpresents a structure simple and durable in construction, vone readilytaken apart and put together bythe most unskilled hand, and

yetone which will allow the skirt to be hung with perfect accuracy. Inits use the edge of the skirt is folded up until the bottom or edge ofthe fold rests upon a flat projecting shelf, and then it is pinned inplace by the operator.

The invention will appear from the accomanying specification anddrawings, and will be more particularly defined by the appended claims.

The drawings represent the invention embodied in a gage of the preferredconstruction assembled and in position for hanging a skirt.

In the drawings, Figure l represents the gage assembled in perspective,a portion of the skirt to be hung being shown. Fig. 2 represents aplanview o f the shelf and supporting-bar, the latter being incross-section.

In the use of the gage the person wearing the skirt stands upon a fiatsurface of some kind, such as the floor or a table, and the gage issupported upon this surface. In the form illustrated, A represents apedestal of sufficient size and weight to maintain lthe age in uprightposition without being held y the hand. A vertical standard, shown as around rod B, extends upward from the pedestal, and ahorizontally-arranged arm O is adjustably mounted upon the verticalstandard and clamped in the desired positionbya set-screw D. Theopposite end of the arm is formed to present a spring-clip, theconstruction shown.y for that purpose consisting in having the end ofthe arm C bent,as at E, at right angles to its body portion and an L-shaped piece of spring metal F, screwed `or riveted onto the arm topresent a' space between it and the angular portion E. A

measuring member in the form of a flat barV G, preferably of wood andgraduated in inches andfractions from the bottom end upward, is adaptedfor insertionin the spring.

clip of the arm C and carries mounted upon it a gaging member in theform` of a fiat horizontal rearwardly-projecting shelf H. The

lshelf is mounted adj ustably upon the `bar G,

as herein shown, by means of a spring-clip, as indicated at I in Fig. 2.This spring-clip Vmay be formed by `making the shelf H of metal andbending the rearwardly-projecting strip J back upon itself to form aU-shaped piece between the members of which the bar G is grasped.- u

When the skirt is to be hung a short distance from the floor, the shelfH is placed near the bottom end of the bar G, as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 1. l,Whenit is to be hun at a considerabledistance fromlthe floor, t e shelf is placed higher u' on the bar G above the arm C,and itwil be seen that `by moving the arm C to the top ofthe standardAand placing the shelf near the upper end of the bar G and by placing thelower end of the bar G inthe cip on the arm C the extreme height to`which the shelf H may be adjusted may be very considerable withouthaving the parts of the device too long for convenient packing andhandling. If the -bar G consists of an ordinary thin fiat footrule andthe standard B is, say, ten inches lon the device is capable of readilyhanging a s 'rt nearly twenty-two inches from the floor. l

In the operation of the device the gage is set upon the fioor or othersurface close to the skirt,"so that the skirt will lie up against theback of the bar G. The operator then places her thumb of the left handin between the standard B and the bar G and the fingers behind the barG, rasping the skirt between the thumb and gers, and then with the righthand turns up the fold K of the skirt until the bottom edge of the foldL just IOO touches the shelf H, and then pin the fold in place..y Thegage is then moved around the skirt from point to point and theoperation repeated, when the skirt will be found to be hung with greataccuracy and at the desired height or distance from the floor allaround.

The device may be packed and laid away conveniently and readily bypulling the shelf H from olf the bar G and by pulling the bar G from outthe clip on the arm C, and the partsmay be readily assembled in the samemanner. The arm C may be removed from the standard B, if desired, bysimply unloosening the set-screw D.v

It will be seen that the flat horizontallyprojecting shelf affords anaccurate and exact means of determining the line of fold without in anyway injuring the fabric by marking it With chalk or any vother material.

i Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is`

l. A skirt-hanging gage comprising a vertical standard, avertically-arranged measuring member carried thereby and verticallyadjustable thereon, and a gaging member carried by the measuring memberand vertically adjustable thereon.

2.` A skirt-hanging gage comprising a vertical standard, an armextending horizontally Vtherefrom and vertically adjustable thereon, avertically-arranged measuring member supported by said arm for verticaladjustment, and a gaging member supported by and vertically adjustableon said measuring member.

3. A skirt-hanging gage comprising a pedestal, va vertical standardmounted thereon,

an arm projecting horizontally from said standard and verticallyadjustable thereon, a graduated bar supported by and verticallyadjustable in said arm, a flat horizontal shelf supported by andvertically adjustable on said bar, whereby the skirt may be hung byfolding the edge of the skirt at various points and gaging it upon theshelf.

4. A skirt-hanging gage comprising a pedestal, a vertical standardmounted thereon, an arm projecting horizontally from said standard andprovided with a spring-clip at its end, a bar supported by andvertically adjustable in the clip of said arm, a flat horizontal shelfprovided with a spring-clip clasping said bar so as to be verticallyadjustable therein, whereby the skirt may be hung by folding the edge ofthe skirt at various points and gaging it upon the shelf.

5. A skirt-hanging gage comprising a pedestal, a vertical standardmounted thereon, an arm vertically adjustable on and projectinghorizontally from said standard and provided with a spring-clip at itsend, a bar supported by and vertically adjustable in the clip of saidarm, a fiat horizontal shelf provided with a spring-clip clasping saidbar so as to be vertically adjustable therein, whereby the skirt may behung by folding the edge of the skirt at various points and gaging itupon the shelf.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT H. TURNER. LOUISE O. TURNER. Witnesses RICHARD P. COUGHLIN,BLANCHE A. Snnrnow.

